Life By Design Essential Wellness Retreat at Willka T'ika
2027-11-12 - 2027-11-18
Join us for our acclaimed signature “in-house” fully-inclusive Essential Wellness Retreats! Upcoming 2027 dates are: Nov 12 – 18, 2027. The retreat is for individuals, couples and small groups of friends traveling together, and is overall curated by Willka Tika’s Director, Terry Cumes, and onsite Manager, Verena Velazco.
For this particular Nov retreat, Life by Design: Navigating Your Path with Shamanic Wisdom, we will be additionally featuring special workshops with our resident shaman, Samer Mouawad, who has been coaching wellness and offering sacred Andean ceremonies to our retreat guests for many years. This retreat is designed to move beyond traditional goal-setting, utilizing ancient shamanic tools to help you architect a life of purpose and profound alignment. Supported by the potent energy of the Andes and Pachamama, you will learn to bridge the mystical and the practical, gaining the structure and clarity needed to navigate your modern world with harmony from the heart.
The fully inclusive rate per person includes single or shared garden room accommodations, all meals vegetarian cuisine, daily yoga, daily classes, local hiking to the nearby Maras salt flats and the Pumahuanca River, select spa treatments and additional activities as outlined in the program. See detailed itinerary and rates here.
A $300 deposit confirms reservations, and the balance is due 30 days prior to arrival in Peru. Register here.
The Willka T’ika Essential Wellness Program combines 30 years of our experience with authentic Andean healing offerings into 7 Day wellness retreats.This program was designed for today’s traveler who seeks to reconnect with the healing energies of Mother Earth (Pachamama).
The format of the program follows the model of Willka T’ika’s Seven Chakra Gardens, with each day focusing on a chakra, or energy center. We will guide you through a specialized sequence of mindful activities, therapeutic treatments, farm-to-table meals, home-made essential oils, and powerful Andean ceremonies.
Starting on Day 1 (Friday), you will begin with the 1st or “Earth” Chakra and connect with Pachamama, Mother Earth. On Day 2 and 3 (Saturday & Sunday) you will honor the “Water” and “Fire” Chakras elements with Andean ceremonies, yoga and breathtaking hikes. By the end of the weekend, you will have cleansed your body and mind. Continue on Day 4 with the “Heart” Chakra and a heart-opening Cacao ceremony. Day 5 focuses on the “Throat” Chakra and you will experience sound healing with our local musicians. On Day 6 participate in opening the “Third-Eye,” or 6th Chakra, with an optional San Pedro ceremony offered on either Day 5 or 6. On the 7th Day, you will rest and integrate all that you have learned and healed on this journey through the Seven Chakras.
For more info, please contact: info@willkatika.com, or call +1 888-737-8070 weekdays.

Into The Sacred: An Embodied Journey To Machu Picchu
2028-10-07 - 2028-10-16
Join Wendy Swanson & Kathleen McIntyre for an embodied journey into the Sacred Valley of Peru and onward to Machu Picchu, one of the great wonders of the world. Held by the Andes and shaped by centuries of devotion, ceremony, and relationship with Pachamama, this landscape invites us into a deeper relationship with the Earth, her people, and ourselves.
Woven throughout our time together will be somatic, Nature-based, and yogic practices, along with ceremony and opportunities to experience the culture of the Sacred Valley.
Together, these experiences create a rich tapestry through which we can soften, open, and expand our capacity to receive and experience ourselves as part of the sacred. At the center of our circle, we will hold reverence for the land, the traditions generously shared with us, and the unfolding of the great mystery.
If you feel called to come home to the sacred within, encounter the sacred held within the landscape, and deepen your relationship with the unseen and the whispers of your soul, we hope you will join us.
For more detailed info and to register for this event, please visit: https://wendyswanson.com/peru/
